The High Court of Madras dismissed a Criminal Original Petition seeking quashing of a charge sheet because the petitioner had already been acquitted in the underlying proceedings, rendering the prayer infructuous.
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Crl.O.P.No.10683 of 2021
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 26.04.2023
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Crl.O.P.No.10683 of 2021 and Crl.M.P.No.6362 of 2021
Nagai Thiruvalluvan ... Petitioners
Vs.
PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to call for the records culminating in the Charge Sheet filed in PRC.No.2 OF 2020 pending on the file of the Honble Judicial Magistrate of Dharapuram QUASH the same in so far as the petitioner in concerned and pass such further order or other Orders as this Honble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case and thus render justice.
For Petitioners : M/s.B.Mohan
For Respondent : Mr.A.S.Balaji,Govt. Advocate (Crl.Side) [R.1] : No appearance [R.2]
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O R D E R
This Criminal Original Petition is filed to quash the Charge Sheet filed in PRC.No.2 of 2021, on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of Dharapuram.
petitioner has faced trial in the impugned proceedings and was acquitted by the judgement dated 07.01.2023 in SC.No.178/2021.
3.In view of the above submission, nothing survives for adjudication in this petition and hence the prayer in the instant petition has become infructuous.
4.With the above observations, this Criminal Original Petition is
dismissed. Consequently, the connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed.
26.04.2023
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SUNDER MOHAN. J,
shr
Crl.O.P.No.10683 of 2021 and Crl.M.P. No.6362 of 2021
26.04.2023
Nagai Thiruvalluvan
The State Rep. by Inspector of Police, Dharapuram Police Station, Tiruppur District
Sankar
SUNDER MOHAN
As recorded by the court registry
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